It’s a scare tactic, abortion funds say
– who helped write Texas’ vigilante abortion ban SB 8 – now wants to get his hands on lists of people who have sought nonprofit support to get abortions and people who donated to those nonprofits.and Texas district attorneys threatened to prosecute abortion funds that help people travel out of state for abortions,. They argued that Paxton and others were suppressing Texans’ constitutional rights to interstate travel and free speech.
Ahead of a trial, Mitchell seems to be hoping he can use the discovery process to get lists of people who have ever donated to or received support from a Texas abortion fund. Earlier this month, Mitchell served discovery requests on nine Texas abortion funds and Texas physician Dr. Ghazaleh Moayedi seeking that information. “The guy behind this wants data so he and his clients can sue people under S.B.
Fund Texas Choice says it’s unlikely Mitchell will get the records he’s asking for. The First Amendment protects the information he’s seeking, as the plaintiffs argue in a protective order request filed Tuesday. But Mitchell, solicitor general of Texas from 2010-15, is no stranger to skirting constitutional rights. He’s dedicated the last few years devising ways to sue people for exercising them.
The Supreme Court’s refusal to strike down that law opened up a whole can of unconstitutional worms – when SB 8 went before the Supreme Court, a gun rights group
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